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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HENRY CORNELL AND FELIX JOHN TROUGHTON, OF VICTOR,

' COLORADO.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,067, dated January 1, 1901. Application filed August 13, 1900. Serial No. 26,730. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES HENRY R- NELL and FELIX J OHN TRo eH'roN, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Victor, in the county of Teller and State of 0010- rado, have invented and produced a new and Improved Miners Candlestick, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip:

tion.

The purpose of the invention is to construct a miners candlestick in which will be incorporated a fuse-cutter, capcrimper, knife, fuse-splitter, chimney, hat-shield, and reflector and to construct such an article in a simple, durable, and economic manner and so that the parts may be readily assembled and the device either attached to a hat or fixed to a convenient support.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of theimproved device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device with the shield removed, showing also the fuse-cutter and cap-crimper in plan view. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the fuse-cutter and cap-crimper, parts being in section, and illustrating the adaptation thereto of a knife. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a fuse cutter and crimper slightly different in form from' that shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the lamp proper and a transverse section through thecap-crimper and fuse-cutter placed in position in the body portion of the lamp. Fig. 8 is a detail view of a portion of the body of the lamp and a portion of the capcrimper and fuse-cutter, illustrating the manner in which the two parts may be held together. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the chimney for the lamp, and Fig. 10 is a horizontal section taken practically on the'line 10 10 of Fig. 9.

A convexed shield A is provided, which is adaptedto be attached to a miners hat or to any chosen article of apparel, and this shield, which is shown in cross-section inFig. 3, may be secured to the hat by means of spurs 10, projected from its sides, or by equivalent means. The shield is provided atits bottom with a tray 11, adapted to receive the drippings from the candle 12, which is located within the candle-holder 13, to be hereinafter particularly described. Rods 14 extend longitudinally of the shield along its front face, one at each side of the center, and these rods are preferably made of one piece of material, and where the ends of the said material come together eyes 15 are produced, as shown in Fig. 1. These rods extend from the top to the bottom of the shield and are carried at a certain distance beyond the front face of the shield, as shown in Fig. 2. The shield is provided at or near its top between the. rods 14 Y with an opening 16,and bearings 17 are formed upon the shield at the rear of the rods 14 to accommodate a locking device, to be hereinafter particularly described, the locking device being adapted to secure the candle-holder to the shield. A slide 18 has vertical movement on the vertical portions of the rods 14, and this slide 18 carries a reflector of any desired construction. The reflector may therefore be raised or lowered, as occasion may demand, and will be held in position by a de-' vice or red 20, which extends down from the slide 18, back of the reflector, and thence upward, and at the upper portion of the retaining-rod 20 a horizontal member 21 is formed, which is carried over and rests upon the top of the candle 12 when placed in the holder 13.

As the candle burns, the retaining-rod 20 will follow the candle and will tend to draw down the reflector 19, so that the reflector will at all times be in proper position relative to that portion of the wick of the candle which is to be ignited, the predetermined position of the said reflector being dependent upon the length of the candle. desired size, and it may be made from any suitable material.

The candle-holder 13 is tubular and is open at the top and at the bottom. It is preferably madeof light sheet metal, being provided at the top with series of inwardly-curved fingers The reflector may be of any IOO 22,which are pressed outward when the candle is introduced into the holder. This holder is attached to or formed integral with the lower loop-section 23 of a standard 24, terminating at its upper end in a rearwardly-exteuding hook 25, and this hook is made to enter the opening 16, produced in the upper central portion of the shield A. This support for the candle-holder 13 is held locked to the shield by means of a locking device, heretofore referred to, consisting of a wire of suitable gage, bent upon itself to form a horizontal body member 26, which body member is held to turn in the bearings 17, attached to the shield, and a return member 27, which is passed through the eyes 15 in the guide-bars 14, and the inner end of the return member is adapted for engagement with the outer face of the su pporting-bar24 of the candle-holder, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In connection with the candle -holder a chimney-support B is employed. This chimney-support consists of a tubular body-section 2b, adapted to he slid over the candleholder, and this tubular body-section 28 of the chim hey-sup port is provided with an opening 2.) at its back (shown in Fig. 9) in order that the said body-section 28 may fit over the loop-section 23 of the support for the candleholder, and at the front or sides of the tubular body 28 of the chimney-support vertical slots are produced in the said body, forming series of spring-tongues 30, which serve to clamp firmly against the candle-holder 13.

Instead ofiorming the spring-tongues 3O integral with the tubular body 28 of the chimney-support these tongues may be attached to the inner face of the body at a point above suitable openings formed therein. A horizontal apertured flange 31 is secured to the upper portion of the tubular body 28 of the chimney-support, said apertures being adapted to admit air to the chimney, to be hereinafter described, and at the margin of the apertured flange 31 a ring or band 32 is secured to the said flange, extending in an upward direction therefrom, and adjacent to this marginal ring or band 32 a second ring or band 33 is formed on the flange in like manner. Straps 34 are secured to the outer band or ring 32, and these straps extend upward a suit-able distance and'at their upper ends are secured to a ring or band 35, and an inner ring or band 36' is connected with the outer upper ring or band 35, as shown in Fig. 7. The upper rings or hands are of less diameter than the lower rings or hands carried by the apertured flange 31, and in the lower edge of the outer band 35 at the top of the chimney-support a slot 37 is formed, while a similar vertically'alining slot 38 is produced in the upper edge of the lower band or ring 32, located at the tubularbodyportion of said chimney-support, as shown in Fig. 9. The

chimney proper, 39, consists of a sheet of mica or other transparent material, which is made to enter the slots 37 and 38 and the spaces between the upper bands and the lower bands or rings of said chimney-sopport, and this sheet of mica is then worked around in the spaces between the upper and lower bands or rings until the longitudinal edges of the strip of mica overlap or are brought together, and in this manner a chimney is formed which should the chimney be broken maybe quickly and readily replaced, as any pliable transparent strip of material which is fireproof may be utilized to construct said chimney.

In connection with the lamp justdescribed we employ a tool 0, which combines a means for atttaching the lamp to a perpendicular support, a knife, and means for cutting and splitting a fuse and for crimping caps. The said device is illustrated mainly in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and consists of a body portion 40, having a sharp outer end 41, which may be introduced into crevices or into any yielding material. This body portion or bar 40 is more or less flat, and at the handle end of the bar the material is bent upon itself to form a loop-like handle 42, a member of which looplike handle is carried toward the point 41, parallel with the body-bar, and is connected with said body-bar in such manner as to provide a space 43 between this extension of the bandle-section and the bodybar, and in this space 43 a lever 44 is fulcrumed, the fulcrum of the lever being near its forward end, or that end which faces the pointed portion 41 of the said tool C, as shown particularly in Figs. 4 and 5. This lever when closed down is adapted to fit at its free end into the loophandle 42, and at the free end of the lever a knife 0 is secured, including a casing 45, having the usual spring, and a pivoted blade 46, capable of being closed within the casing of the'knife. The lower portion of the lever 44, adjacent to its pivot, is provided with a cutting edge 47, and a recess 48 is made in this cutting edge, so that the said edge as the lever 44 is moved up and down may split a fuse in any desired way. Ooncaved recesses 49 are made in the body-bar 40 of the tool, and transversely-alining and corresponding recesses 50 are made in the return portion 43 of the handle 42. In the bottom edge of the lever 44 concaved recesses 51 are made,adapted, as the lever 44 is moved up and down, to be brought into transverse registry with the recesses 49 and 50. These latter recesses are beveled at the outer faces of the parts of the tool in which they are made and are adapted to receive fuses and caps and in connection with the recessed portions of the lever 44 to doubly crimp said caps. This tool is adapted to be slid through and to fit in the loop portion 23 of the support 24 for the candle-holder, as shown in Figs. '7 and 8, and therefore longitudinal recesses 52 are made in the upper edgesof the lever 44 and in the body portion of the tool adjacent to the handle 42, and where the handle 42 connects with the body of the tool a shoulder 53 is formed. When the tool 0 has been passed a sufficient dis ITO tance into the said loop-section 23 of the candle-support, the upper wall of the loop-section 23 will enter the recesses 52, as shown in Fig. 8, and the shoulders 53, formed at the terminal of the handle, will engage with a side surface of the said loop-section, limiting the movement of the tool in said loop-section. Springs or like devices are carried by the loopsection 23 of the candle-support 24 for the purpose of holding the said tool so that the upper part of the loop-section 23 will enter the longitudinal recesses 52. Such retaining means may be constructed either as shown in Fig. 7 or in Fig. 8.

In Fig. 8 we have illustrated a bow-spring 54, which is secured to the bottom portion of the loop-section 23 of the candle-support and has bearing against the lower edge of the tool 0, whereas in Fig. 7 the bottom of the tool rests upon a cross-bar 55, which bar is attached to a pin 56, which passes out through the bottom of the loop-section 23, and a spring 57 is coiled around this pin Within the said loop-section 23, having hearing at its upper end against the cross-bar 55. In order that the spring 57 shall not be unduly strained and in order that undue strain shall not be sustained by the pin 56, a thimble 58 is loosely passed around the pin 56 within the loop-section 23 of the candle-support, and the spring 57 is coiled around this thimble.

In Fig. 6 we have illustrated a slight modification in the form of the tool 0, in which the knife is omitted and the lever 44 is fulcru med nearer the handle 42 and quite close to the inner recesses 49, and this modified form of the lever 44 embraces a handle-section 44 and a blade-section 44", which latter section has a lower cutting edge and has a hawk-bill point 44, which may be used for cutting fuses or powder and placing powder in the split portions of the fuse. The body portion of the tool is provided with recesses 49 corresponding to the recesses 49, (shown in Figs. 4 and 5,) and with alining recesses corresponding to the recesses 50 in the body. The blade-section of the lever is provided with corresponding recesses 51, said recesses 51 corresponding to the recesses 51 in the form of the lever 'shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In aminers candlestick, acandle-holder, a chimney-support having removable engagement with the candle-holder, a shield, a support for the candle-holder removably attached to the shield and a locking device for the support of the candleholder.

2. In a mi ners candlestick, a candle-holder, a support therefor, a shield to which the support is removably attached, a locking device for the support for the candle-holder, the said support having a loop-section, a tool which enters the loop-section of the support, and a device for temporarily locking the tool in the tubular section of the said support, as speciically adjusting the said reflector as the candle burns, so that the reflector while the candle is above the holder will occupy a correct position with reference to the wick of the candle, as set forth.

. 4. Inminerscandlesticks,ashield,acandleholder supported from the shield, a reflector, supports connected with the shield and upon which the reflector has sliding movement, and a regulating device connected with the reflector and adapted to have bearing upon the upper portion of a candle placed in the holder, as and for the purpose specified.

5. A tool adapted to be carried by a miners lamp, comprising a body having a handle at one end and a point at the other end rigid with the handle, said body having transversely-alining recesses in a longitudinal edge thereof, and a lever pivoted to the body between the handle end and point, and having movement between transversely-opposing recesses in the body, the said lever having a cutting-surface and recesses adapted to register with those in the body of the tool.

6. A tool adapted for use in connection with miners candlesticks, comprising a body-bar, a handle therefor,the body-bar having a point at one end and parallel members adjacent to the handle, each of which members is provided with recesses in one of its longitudinal edges, the recesses being in transverse alinement, a lever fulcrumed between the said parallel members of the body, the said lever having a cutting edge adapted to enter the space between the parallel members of the body,

and recesses in the said cutting edge adapted 'to register with the recesses in the body, as

set forth.

7. A tool adapted for usein connection with miners candlesticks, comprising a body-bar and a handle therefor, said body-bar having a point at one end and parallel members adjacent to the handle, each of which members is provided with recesses in one of its longitudinal edges,the recesses being in transverse alinement, a lever fulcrumed between the said parallel members of the body, the said lever having a cutting edge adapted to enter the space between the parallel members of the body, recesses in the said cutting edge adapted to register with the recesses in the body, and a knife carried by the said lever, including a casing and a spring-controlled blade, substantially as specified.

8. In miners candlesticks, a chimney-support consisting of a tubular body, an aper- &

tured horizontal flange at the upper portion of the said body, rings formed upon the upper portion of the said flange, strips attached to the outer ring carried by the flange, and rings connected with the upper ends of the said strips, the outer ring of the upper set having a slot formed in its lower edge, and the outer ring of the lower set havinga similar vertically-alining slot in its upper edge,

and a transparent sheet of fireproof material,-

which sheet is passed through the said slots and into the spaces between the upper and the lower rings of said chimney-support, as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a miners can dlestick,a candle-holder, a chimney-support having removable engagement with the candle-holder, a shield provided with an opening near its top, and a support for the candle-holder engaging the opening in the shield.

10. In a miners candlestick, the combination with a candle-holder, and a supportingbar for the candle-holder, of a shield with which the supporting-bar is detachably connected, a drip-cup carried by the shield and extending beneath the candle-holder, a reflector, and means for automatically adjusting the reflector, as set forth.

11. In a miners candlestick,a candle-holder, a support therefor, a shield to which the support is removably attached, a locking device for the support for the eandleholder, rods arranged at the front of the shield, a slidehaving movement on said rods, and a reflector carried by said slide, as set forth.

12. In a miners cand1estick,a candle-holder, a supportingbar for said candle holder, a shield to which the supporting-bar is removably connected, and a locking device having a horizontal body member mounted in bearin gs on the shield and a return member ad apted for engagement with the outer face of the supporting-bar, as set forth.

13. In a miners candlestick,a candle-ho1der, a shield, a supportingbar for said candleholder extending longitudinally of the shield and removably connected thereto, a guide extending longitudinally of the shield at the front thereof, a reflector mounted to slide on said guide, and a locking device comprising a rod having a horizontal body member mounted in hearings on the shield and a return member engaging said guide, the inner end of said return member being adapted for en gageinent with the outer face of the supporting-bar of the candle-holder, as set forth.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HENRY CORNELL. FELIX JOHN 'lROUGI-ITON. Witnesses:

O. D. HALL, A. R. HENLEY. 

